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Originally Posted by FlyingNimbus  Mmm don't see it the way you would see a more complex thinking species like a human or even a mammal would really understand the concept of captivity that well.
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From my understanding is, if you never knew the outside world if you never even knew it existed it wouldn't really bother them? Because to them it's non existent? |
Catching up on this thread.
What really stood out to me was bolded, above. I think that's where we humans trip ourselves up - thinking that we can *think* like an animal would and then assume things about the captivity we force upon them.
We can't think like animals. So we should assume that tighter captivity for them is totally against their nature, rather than assuming it's something better for them.
An analogy: let's starve a human child of love. If the child never knew love existed - if it was non-existent to them...then should we just assume they just don't need it, want it, long for it (even if they can't define what "it" is?)....? I don't think so, personally. I think that
every creature has instincts and needs that it's born with - both due to nature and nurture. Whether animal or human, severely limiting fulfillment of needs is unhealthy (mentally, physically) to that living being.